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[Q] Help! Rooted phone with Custom Mode, ROM Manager Bricked

Hey guys,
I just got my phone and it updated to 4.4 pretty much out of the box. I still wanted to root so I used a method I found on here (will find if necessary) which is supposed to not trip the KNOX by putting the phone into "Custom Mode." Everything went fine until I tried to use ROM Manager to install CM.
When I boot I get the message "System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help." I've tried reflashing using Odin, clearing the cache and factory resets, but I get the same error every time.
I'm currently downloading another stock ROM which might work, but I wanted to see if anyone else has had this problem?
Thank you!

mortified21 said:
Hey guys,
I just got my phone and it updated to 4.4 pretty much out of the box. I still wanted to root so I used a method I found on here (will find if necessary) which is supposed to not trip the KNOX by putting the phone into "Custom Mode." Everything went fine until I tried to use ROM Manager to install CM.
When I boot I get the message "System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help." I've tried reflashing using Odin, clearing the cache and factory resets, but I get the same error every time.
I'm currently downloading another stock ROM which might work, but I wanted to see if anyone else has had this problem?
Thank you!
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You are permanently stuck on the TW 4.3 OTA because the bootloader is signed with special keys that prevents:
-installing a custom recovery
-flashing custom roms/kernels
-downgrading your software below 4.3
If you can boot into download mode, do this 4.3 soft brick method.
With TW 4.3 OTA, all you can do is root using a tool called: Saferoot.

If you have 4.3 stock firmware you can root and that's it, no custom recovery, no custom rom, kernel, nothing, and just a heads up there are like 10 threads where people don't read and have done what you have, you need to flash the Odin 4.3 image for you phone to work again, never take an ota, enjoy your locked down device now
Sent from my SCH-I535 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

SlimSnoopOS said:
You are permanently stuck on the TW 4.3 OTA because the bootloader is signed with special keys that prevents:
-installing a custom recovery
-flashing custom roms/kernels
-downgrading your software below 4.3
If you can boot into download mode, do this 4.3 soft brick method.
With TW 4.3 OTA, all you can do is root using a tool called: Saferoot.
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Worked perfectly! Thank you so much!

mortified21 said:
Worked perfectly! Thank you so much!
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My pleasure but all the thanks is owed to ThePagel, make sure to post your success in his thread. The more people that report their success with that method, then the less fear someone else may have in using that should they suffer the same experiences. :victory::good::good:
If you need any updates on the state of TW 4.3 then keep this discussion thread bookmarked.

I did the same thing today. The 4.3 update installed by itself!!! So i rooted it using Saferoot,
i installed rom manager, clicked the Install rom from sd card and i got that message. it will repeat that message and it wont boot. So i went into Odin mode and hit the volume down button to restart it. And after that it booted normally.
So basically i am stuck with 4.3? and is there 4.4 out for our phones yet?
also forgot to mention, it says my OS is custom when i first realized it updated.

AURMEND said:
I did the same thing today. The 4.3 update installed by itself!!! So i rooted it using Saferoot,
i installed rom manager, clicked the Install rom from sd card and i got that message. it will repeat that message and it wont boot. So i went into Odin mode and hit the volume down button to restart it. And after that it booted normally.
So basically i am stuck with 4.3? and is there 4.4 out for our phones yet?
also forgot to mention, it says my OS is custom when i first realized it updated.
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Once you successfully updated with 4.3, you stuck with 4.3, there is no going back or flash anything and 4.3 is the latest factory rom for now. There's no 4.4 yet for our phone. There is custom 4.4 but only for people who didn't take the 4.3 update. Since they still have unlocked bootloader so they could load any custom rom.

buhohitr said:
Once you successfully updated with 4.3, you stuck with 4.3, there is no going back or flash anything and 4.3 is the latest factory rom for now. There's no 4.4 yet for our phone. There is custom 4.4 but only for people who didn't take the 4.3 update. Since they still have unlocked bootloader so they could load any custom rom.
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Dang this sucks. I have no idea how it installed automatically then. I was listening to music the whole time. And I was trying to get a custom 4.4 after the update...

AURMEND said:
Dang this sucks. I have no idea how it installed automatically then. I was listening to music the whole time. And I was trying to get a custom 4.4 after the update...
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Yep! sucks big time!!

Help Deodexing stock rom-Verizon i535PP

im in need of help deodexing. i used the universal deodexer and didnt get proper start up. it became stuck on verizon logo. i reflashed the firmware so its like new again. question is how to properly deodex the stock rom so i can theme status icons? maybe some zip file that i can use in safestrap to make things easier. oh im using verizon prepaid galaxy s3 which is i535PP. any help is appreciated

bjf189 said:
im in need of help deodexing. i used the universal deodexer and didnt get proper start up. it became stuck on verizon logo. i reflashed the firmware so its like new again. question is how to properly deodex the stock rom so i can theme status icons? maybe some zip file that i can use in safestrap to make things easier. oh im using verizon prepaid galaxy s3 which is i535PP. any help is appreciated
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If root can even be obtained this might be an option, otherwise your probably out of luck
Sent from my Nexus 5

Root has been obtained @ShapesBlue
Nobody has created a ROM for i535PP users yet(the i535 roms run but no wifi/data). And you're correct about having to use safestrap to flash it.If you're comfortable with a bash terminal you can try using one of the various tools found around here to modify the stock rom. If you're not then I'll see what I can do this weekend and try to get something for us i535pp users (after a day or so of testing)

ShapesBlue said:
If root can even be obtained this might be an option, otherwise your probably out of luck
Sent from my Nexus 5
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Ok, there wasn't really a need to mention me in this thread. Everytime someone does that I get an email. And just because root has been obtained doesn't mean you can flash roms via safestrap
Sent from my Nexus 5

ShapesBlue said:
Ok, there wasn't really a need to mention me in this thread. Everytime someone does that I get an email. And just because root has been obtained doesn't mean you can flash roms via safestrap
Sent from my Nexus 5
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Flashing via safestrap appears to work fine on my i535pp. The only issue I ran into was wifi not working with roms meant for the i535. And sorry for you having to receive an email for that.

OpenSourcererSweg said:
Flashing via safestrap appears to work fine on my i535pp. The only issue I ran into was wifi not working with roms meant for the i535. And sorry for you having to receive an email for that.
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Its cool. Good to see safestrap works on the prepaid version also
Sent from my Nexus 5

I'm not sure what a bash terminal is unless it's the same thing as the terminal emulator. I tried using that rom that's called paulpizz or something like that. I used some other rom to. The paulpizz one always failed to install even after downloading it a third time. The other one i can't remember the name but it installed but wouldn't start at all. It would just go black and bootloop and goes into stock recovery for some reason. I came across the nf5 module when i found that paulpizz rom on the goo server they hosted it on. So i got the module and i figured if i were to flash the module over the i535 rom that it would fix the wifi an data problem but never got an answer because it always failed to start up properly and would just bootloop into stock recovery. Ugh Verizon is making things so difficult with modding lol. As of now I'm just using xposed to get at least some theming in and tweaks. I couldn't get any deodex program to work. Whenever i used the deodex files and pushed them to the system of apps and framework, it would restart and just stick on the Verizon logo. So i had to flash the firmware to fix the problem.

When i was on 4.3 with this phone safestrap worked and i got the wifi and data sim error. Now that i got it replaced I'm running the kernel of July 22 2014. Everyone was saying I'm out of luck but i came across kingroot and got the most recent version and it worked. I have root. Installed safestrap for 4.4 and it runs fine but can't get any custom roms to boot. I only managed to find one 4.4 touchwiz rom unfortunately

OpenSourcererSweg said:
Root has been obtained @ShapesBlue
Nobody has created a ROM for i535PP users yet(the i535 roms run but no wifi/data). And you're correct about having to use safestrap to flash it.If you're comfortable with a bash terminal you can try using one of the various tools found around here to modify the stock rom. If you're not then I'll see what I can do this weekend and try to get something for us i535pp users (after a day or so of testing)
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OpenSourcererSweg said:
Flashing via safestrap appears to work fine on my i535pp. The only issue I ran into was wifi not working with roms meant for the i535. And sorry for you having to receive an email for that.
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Can you tell me what rom you have successfully flashed with safestrap? I would like to test something

bjf189 said:
Can you tell me what rom you have successfully flashed with safestrap? I would like to test something
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...iterom-v1-0-i535vrudne1-t2805797/post53919312
If you're going to try flashing an i535 rom and then the i535pp modules let me know how that goes, can't test as I won't be able to do anything till the weekend. If that's the case then there's no need for roms for the pre paid version. Cyanogenmod was also bootable but very buggy.

OpenSourcererSweg said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...iterom-v1-0-i535vrudne1-t2805797/post53919312
If you're going to try flashing an i535 rom and then the i535pp modules let me know how that goes, can't test as I won't be able to do anything till the weekend. If that's the case then there's no need for roms for the pre paid version. Cyanogenmod was also bootable but very buggy.
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I'll let you know how it goes and thank you. How is it that you were able to boot CM? From my understanding being that the bootloader is locked and has Knox for extra security to make the unlocking like impossible. But a genius came up with safestrap so we are able to use some custom roms but the down side is that it has to be the same Android OS and has to be a touchwiz based rom. So how are you getting lucky with all this? I love CM and I'd pick CM over any custom rom any day but i gave up an lost hope of ever getting CM because of the locked bootloader

bjf189 said:
I'll let you know how it goes and thank you. How is it that you were able to boot CM? From my understanding being that the bootloader is locked and has Knox for extra security to make the unlocking like impossible. But a genius came up with safestrap so we are able to use some custom roms but the down side is that it has to be the same Android OS and has to be a touchwiz based rom. So how are you getting lucky with all this? I love CM and I'd pick CM over any custom rom any day but i gave up an lost hope of ever getting CM because of the locked bootloader
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Safestrap 3.75 had support for AOSP roms (wifi/data didn't work for them either) and 4.0 dropped support for that (there is currently no point). Read the thread for more info http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2797314

Ok i wasn't using safestrap 4.0. I had 3.75 B05 which i thought was the latest version they had. I'm updated to 4.0 now and about to test the modules on the superlite rom

Update: i have tried the super lite rom using safestrap. The boot animation won't work during start up. When it gets to the welcome screen it freezes. It still does it even without applying the nf5 module. It freezes and will keep popping up that system isn't responding. System just keeps freezing and prompting me to wait or force close. So not sure why my s3 has a problem running it but yours don't

bjf189 said:
Update: i have tried the super lite rom using safestrap. The boot animation won't work during start up. When it gets to the welcome screen it freezes. It still does it even without applying the nf5 module. It freezes and will keep popping up that system isn't responding. System just keeps freezing and prompting me to wait or force close. So not sure why my s3 has a problem running it but yours don't
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Did you wipe cache/data after installing? Other than that I can't think of anything that would cause that

OpenSourcererSweg said:
Did you wipe cache/data after installing? Other than that I can't think of anything that would cause that
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Well no. The instructions just said to do a full wipe off everything then install and reboot so extra what i did. What version you running of the rom?

bjf189 said:
Well no. The instructions just said to do a full wipe off everything then install and reboot so extra what i did. What version you running of the rom?
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I'm running the stock prepaid rom, not superlightrom, sorry if there's any confusion there.
When I tried out superlightrom (quite some time ago) it appeared to work fine (excluding wifi/data and nagging about no SIM card being inserted, nothing like what you're describing) and I went back to stock.

Oh ok. Well it seems that the prepaid version or the s3 in general is dead. That's unfortunate

Here is how to update to 6.0 Marshmallow if you haven't received your update yet.

Note: This is the live update. Not Soak Test.
For U.S. update only.
Here is how to get your update prompt:
1) Put your phone on Airplane Mode
2) Turn on your Wi-Fi.
3) Unmount your SD card from the Settings.
4) Eject your SIM/SD card from the phone while your phone is still on.
5) Go to your Settings and check for an update. Your phone should detect the update and you will be able to download it.
I didn't find it full credit goes to: https://www.reddit.com/r/MotoX/comments/3w92rp/moto_x_pure_edition_how_to_update_to_60/

What to do wenn you get a error 7 message. If you followed these steps ?

This is how i did it
Pull sim card out
reboot phone
after phone rebooted, turn wifi on
go to settings, about phone, system update

Didn't worked for me.

Don't works.

Neither of these options worked for me. (UK)

The OP should really edit the title of this thread. Or at least state in the first post that it only works with US carriers/telco

It works on USA. I just got the chance to update this using the methods you have mentioned. I followed exactly what you said and it's working for me now.
Thank you

It worked for me(T-Mobile sim removed)
Out of curiosity, though, what is band 12? I'm having a bit of trouble understanding this whole situation with t-mobile. Can someone explain?

What version is this? 24.11.18.clark_retus.retus.en.US retus?

Confirmed works, I'm on Tmo. This is what I did, because I didn't read OP's instructions fully before doing it myself:
1. unplug sim
2. check for update, ensuring wifi is enabled

work for me
I'm on XT1575, no carrier, outside US
steps:
1. unplug sim & sd card
2. restart phone
3. enable wifi
4. check update
5. download!

Anyone do this while rooted? Do I need stock recovery?

JohnnyKilo said:
Anyone do this while rooted? Do I need stock recovery?
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you need to be on stock recovery and stock rom. if you installed xposed or any mods, then the update may fail

I'm on a rooted 5.1.1 with custom recovery. this update should download but not install, correct?

jvs60 said:
I'm on a rooted 5.1.1 with custom recovery. this update should download but not install, correct?
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You can't OTA with modified system (xposed, supersu, etc) or custom recovery.
Sent from my Moto XPE

JoeNeckbone said:
You can't OTA with modified system (xposed, supersu, etc) or custom recovery.
Sent from my Moto XPE
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I suspected as much, thanks .

Need help flashing custom firmware this is kinda greek

A while back i managed to root my Canadian s6 (g920w8) using ping pong root? An app I downloaded from google playstore.. I used root checker and it looks good.. I am rooted.
Do now I'd like to put custom firmware on to get rid of all the crap that comes with this phone.. it is so damn slow its driving me crazy!
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

1roddy said:
A while back i managed to root my Canadian s6 (g920w8) using ping pong root? An app I downloaded from google playstore.. I used root checker and it looks good.. I am rooted.
Do now I'd like to put custom firmware on to get rid of all the crap that comes with this phone.. it is so damn slow its driving me crazy!
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Anyone?

There is a few things u can do. Custom ROM and Kernel and recovery. Which I prefer to do. If you just want to remove the bloat download titanium backup

What are you looking for in a Rom? Better ?? Better ?? More memory and performance?
Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk

Well its taken me awhile but ive got time to do some time finally.. i put alliance rom on the phone but when i tried to make a phone call the was no sound on either end of the conversation.. is this a kernal issue?

think this is the best rom arround here alexis rom best battery ad performans
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/development/alexis-rom-1-0-feel-game-sound-01-04-t3349944

Just tried the Alexis Rom and same thing.. stuck on boot. I reinstalled Alliance hoping for diffrent results.. can text message but no audio during a calls.. ugh! Back to stock again lol..
Provider - Telus
S6 920w8
Stock Android version - 5.0.2
Stock Kernal 3.10.61-4808800
I am using TWRP v2.8.6.0 and am wondering if the version or kernal may have anything to do with getting stuck on boot with almost every ROM i've tried to install..
My procedure when installing a custom ROM is to do a factory reset from TWRP (i dont do data or format because there is no sd card slot to store my rom or backup image), install ROM, clear cache/divik, reboot to system.
Any Ideas??

1roddy said:
Just tried the Alexis Rom and same thing.. stuck on boot. I reinstalled Alliance hoping for diffrent results.. can text message but no audio during a calls.. ugh! Back to stock again lol..
Provider - Telus
S6 920w8
Stock Android version - 5.0.2
Stock Kernal 3.10.61-4808800
I am using TWRP v2.8.6.0 and am wondering if the version or kernal may have anything to do with getting stuck on boot with almost every ROM i've tried to install..
My procedure when installing a custom ROM is to do a factory reset from TWRP (i dont do data or format because there is no sd card slot to store my rom or backup image), install ROM, clear cache/divik, reboot to system.
Any Ideas??
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Reflash any ROM giving you sound issues and then flash either hacker kernel or arter kernel as they are the only two compatible as far as I know. Once you have flashed arter kernel and then rebooted your phone. Reboot your phone back into recovery once more and then flash this https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Gyz91x5k7gc2NBS2N5TFQwY0k/view?usp=drivesdk it is the call audio fix for our devices (925T / 925W8)
(920T / 920W8)
Just make sure you DO NOT FLASH THIS BEFORE DEVICE REBOOT AFTER FLASHING CUSTOM KERNEL. Or you will get into a bootloop and say this doesn't work. (Your system needs to build with kernel settings first)
Here's a step by step I hope helps.
1. Flash custom ROM
2. Flash custom kernel
3. REBOOT
4. Set up ROM.
5. Reboot into recovery.
6. Flash call fix.
7. REBOOT
8. Profit.
Hope it helps you and welcome to making your phone truly yours.
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Another reason why you are not booting is because you are on 5.0.1
You will have to update the bootloader to MM 6.0 first in order to use 6.0 custom ROMs this can be achieved by flashing any of our latest Canadian firmwares. (Does not matter what company if you are changing FW after.)
ALSO you can use the advanced wipe settings on TWRP to wipe everything but 'internal storage' that is where the ROM is downloaded.

I had alot of issues installing custom ROM's.. so i decided to upgrade and install OEM marshmallow 6.0.1 then re-root my phone. It worked.. I'm running Griffin ROM atm but will play around with other roms now that i have a good idea of where i went wrong.

1roddy said:
I had alot of issues installing custom ROM's.. so i decided to upgrade and install OEM marshmallow 6.0.1 then re-root my phone. It worked.. I'm running Griffin ROM atm but will play around with other roms now that i have a good idea of where i went wrong.
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Griffin is great, I'm also using the latest version.

christopherrrg said:
Griffin is great, I'm also using the latest version.
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Do you have any trouble sending MMS? Mine seem to hang until they fail..

1roddy said:
Do you have any trouble sending MMS? Mine seem to hang until they fail..
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I do not. However I always have mobile data running, maybe toggle yours and see if it sends. Some of the new ROMS have incorporated a tweak that auto toggles data to recieve pictures and send them. Griffin AFAIK does not have this tweak yet so when sending MMS you need to manually turn mobile data on and off.

christopherrrg said:
I do not. However I always have mobile data running, maybe toggle yours and see if it sends. Some of the new ROMS have incorporated a tweak that auto toggles data to recieve pictures and send them. Griffin AFAIK does not have this tweak yet so when sending MMS you need to manually turn mobile data on and off.
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I did another wipe and clean install.. it took care of the problem.. looking for a new kernal now so i can get private mode working.

1roddy said:
I did another wipe and clean install.. it took care of the problem.. looking for a new kernal now so i can get private mode working.
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Private mode?
Like in the browser? Or in the actual software?
I've never used it before so I've never hunted it down.
(Asking because I shall)

christopherrrg said:
Private mode?
Like in the browser? Or in the actual software?
I've never used it before so I've never hunted it down.
(Asking because I shall)
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Private mode in setings---> privacy---> private mode. I read somewhere a kernal will fix it.. i'll play around with that later!

Samsung S5 "Invalid SIM card." error. SM-G900P

quick background. Bought a sprint S5 on ebay, floor model (SM-G900P). Android ver 6.0.1. Had it activated for Boost Mobile and was getting Invalid SIM card. Called and had new SIM sent from I think Samsung (Boost transferred me). Before I got the new SIM I rooted my phone and attempted to install Xposed Installer and framework via TWRP. I had a few problems rooting but got it to work. I could not install the Xposed framework (v 86) without my phone hanging in boot up. I uninstalled the framework via TWRP and phone is working.
I received my new sim and installed and all was good for 4 days before I got the "Invalid SIM card" again. Called boost and did the ##72786# activation reset and updated my profile. This did not fix the problem. I have another Boost S5 that we don't use so I pulled the SIM out of that one and did the reset and still have the same problem.
I did trip KNOX but don't really care about that unless it is causing a problem.
Looking for suggestions before I load stock rom with Odin and start from the beginning. Not sure that stock rom will fix the problem.

its probably a modem issue. Flashing the tar.md5 in Odin is the nuclear bomb method, but its likely going to work, if anything will.

Invalid SIM
youdoofus said:
its probably a modem issue. Flashing the tar.md5 in Odin is the nuclear bomb method, but its likely going to work, if anything will.
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So are you saying to flash back to factory stock rom? Or is the tar.md5 just the modem ware and what exactly would I loose in flashing?
Is TWRP going to be an issue?
Thanks for any help. I am traveling for work and use my tether constantly. I can work with 3G but 4G would make my life much easier.
TIA

well, you can flash the modem by itself, but the most surefire way is to just start from scratch. Get the OK4 tar.md5 file. the twrp img and supersu. Flash the tar to get it to stock, boot it once, go back to odin mode, flash the recovery, flach supersu via twrp, boot again, get logged in to your gmail acct, do the hands free activation.
from there you can get the hotspot app or just twrp flash a rom that has it baked in. MOAR 7.0 is pretty awesome. Also, RWilco has a repository of already modded tar.md5 files for the G900P that has the hotspot already baked in. id maybe flash his OK4 tar.md5
you can try this http://rwilco12.com/downloads.php?d... Galaxy S5 (Sprint) (SM-G900P)/Stock ROMs/NE5
he has a ton of useful stuff actually! http://rwilco12.com/downloads.php?dir=
his repo and chainfires are ones that i keep handy at all times @Chainfire is one of the best devs on xda